Hasta La Gadget!

We get that sometimes on the job, there can be moments of downtime where you don’t have anything to do. Some might frown upon playing games during working hours, but we reckon as long as you can prioritize your time and know when it’s time to work and when it’s time to play, it shouldn’t be too big of a deal, right?

Unfortunately for a couple of LAPD officers, they decided that trying to catch Snorlax and playing Pokemon GO was a better use of their time instead of responding to a robbery in progress. This took place back in 2017 where an in-car vehicle system recorded the conversations of both the officers ignoring attempts to reach them over the radio.

This is contrary to what the officers said when they initially told their supervisor that they did not hear the call asking for backup at a mall. However, according to the recording, it revealed that both officers simply ignored the attempts to reach them, with one of them saying, “Aw, screw it.” It was also discovered that instead of going towards the robbery, the officers moved backwards through an alley and turned away from the mall where the robbery was taking place.

The officers also denied that they were playing Pokemon GO, instead claiming that they were having a conversation about the game, and that they were receiving text messages from a Pokemon GO player group. Ultimately, both officers were fired and tried to appeal it, but the latest reports reveal that the California appeals court had upheld the initial firings.

LAPD Officers Decided To Play Pokemon GO Instead Of Responding To A Robbery

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Last year, there were rumors that Korean carmaker Kia could be the company that would help Apple build their electric car. However, this did not pan out but now according to a report from ETNews, it appears that Apple is still looking towards Korea for companies to help them with their rumored Apple Car.

The report claims that Apple representatives visited South Korea in December of last year to speak with local suppliers. Keep in mind that these local suppliers are for the components needed to make the Apple Car, and not car companies like Kia. The report also goes on to claim that the potential to work with Apple has led to quite a heated battle amongst local companies, all of whom are eager to enter Apple’s supply chain.

So much so that some of them have apparently formed a dedicated task force to exclusively respond to Apple’s requests, and that Apple is tempting these companies with the potential of an equity investment if they are able to double their production capacity. Ultimately this is expected to work out for both Apple and the companies as Apple would be able to get more components, while these companies get to scale up their production.

Apple is rumored to confirm their selection of suppliers by the end of 2022 and could possibly begin mass production in the next 2-3 years.

Korean Companies Reportedly Fighting To Enter The Apple Car Supply Chain

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“Maybe some of their anger comes from not being allowed to be who they want to be,” said the actor, who plays Sidney Prescott in the horror franchise.

Following a year that saw it struggle to shield its users from abuse and harassment, Twitch has published a retrospective of its 2021 safety efforts that includes a look forward to how the company plans to tackle the issue in 2022. Specifically, Angela Hession, Twitch’s vice president of global trust and safety, says the company will update its user reporting and appeals process. 

It also plans to upgrade its Suspicious User Detection feature. The AI tool, which the company launched at the end of last year, automatically flags individuals it believes may be repeat ban dodgers. In 2022, Twitch has updates planned around how streamers can use information from that tool. As the company has indicated previously, it also plans to update its sexual content policy to clarify various aspects of it. Twitch simultaneously intends to share more and “better” educational content across its safety center and other areas.

Twitch spent much of the latter half of 2021 trying to stop automated “hate raid” harassment campaigns. The attacks saw malicious individuals use thousands of bots to spam channels with hateful language, and they frequently targeted streamers from marginalized communities. In September, the company sued CruzzControl and CreatineOverdose, two of the more prolific individuals involved in those campaigns. 

“We’ll likely never be able to eliminate [hate raids] entirely,” Hession said. However, she claims Twitch “significantly” cut down on the number of bots on its platform through some of its actions in 2021. In 2022, it looks to continue that work through the improvements it announced today. 

If the company’s safety roadmap feels light on details, Hession says that’s out of necessity. “The honest and unfortunate reality is that we can’t always be specific because bad actors can and have used that transparency to attempt to thwart our efforts,” she said. 

At the same time, the executive acknowledged Twitch needs to do a better job of communicating what it’s doing to make people feel safe on its platform. It’s easy to see why the company would say that. When it felt like the hate raids that were occurring on Twitch couldn’t get any worse, many creators banded together to protest the lack of action they saw from the company.